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first meeting; first interview with

first love; puppy love

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

first experience (of something); first sexual experience

first warbling heard in a New Year

(for the) first time in one's life

first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

world's first; first in the world

early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar

early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar

debut; first appearance

first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

first (of its kind) in Japan

first (of its kind) in Japan

first meeting; first contest between

first grandchild

debut; first appearance

first of the season (e.g. produce, catch); virgin

first challenge; first try

losing one's virginity; first-time sex

debut; initial stage appearance

early spring; beginning of spring; New Year

first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)

first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck); (arch.) dream on the night of setsubun

first in this country; first (of its kind) in Japan

first shrine visit of the New Year

first kiss

first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

first business conducted by retailers in the New Year

debut; opening; first public exhibition

first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood

first championship win (esp. sumo)

maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)

first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

first frost of the year

winning one's first election; being elected for the first time

(for the) first time this year

New Year's Day sunrise

first trial; first hearing

first trip of the year

first (written) contribution; first post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.); base-fare zone (of a train, taxi, etc.); base fare; minimum fare

first month of the lunar calendar; first month; first moon of the month; new moon

the industry's first ...

for the first time

first meeting

first laugh of the year

first shrine visit of the New Year

first cargo of the year

maiden voyage

first ski of the season; first ski run

first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year; initial share price during a public offering

red milk mushroom (Lactarius hatsudake); hatsutake mushroom

the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono

first fruits

selling something for the first time; item on sale for the first time

first role

(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)

the first bonito of the season

first snow to settle on a mountain

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day

first shrine visit of the New Year

first victory

first ski of the season; first ski run

first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season

first market of the year

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

first tournament for a wrestler

first fruits

wearing something for the first time

wearing something for the first time

New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)

first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year

first sale of the year; first trade of the year

first bath of the year; first bath in one's life (i.e. for a baby)

first strong wind of autumn

first Serpent day of the year

first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)

first cockcrowing of the year

first Day of the Rat of the New Year; first Day of the Rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)

first in history

first birthday

first day of the second month

sky on New Year's morning

first page of a renga or renku

first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring

first letter (of the year, season, etc.); first correspondence

first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

first fish of the year

first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

first young greens of the year

first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

blackening brittlegill (Russula nigricans)

the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter

first wind of the season (esp. the first wind of autumn)